Teaching anaesthetists the skills of communication

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis during vitreoretinal surgery – a snapshot survey of international ophthalmic anaesthetists

“…This shortfall is reinforced by reports finding the FRCA OSCE to be inadequate in assessing patient satisfaction with CS. 4 Previous works aiming to improve anaesthetist CS have not focused directly on what anaesthetists themselves believe the problem is, or how they would fix it. Here we describe a deficiency in education and a call for dedicated CS modules within anaesthetic training.…”